USE OF THE PHILIPS OPEN-AIR LABORATORY FOR VISIBILITY RESEARCH

The open-air road lighting laboratory in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, is used for three different activities: road lighting research; the testing of new road lighting systems; and demonstrating different realistic road lighting situations, especially for educational purposes. Many tests involving observers -- static tests especially -- have been conducted there. For example, the first tests on glare restriction measures for road lighting, which led to the CIE Glare Control Mark System for Road Lighting, were carried out there. Studies on the visibility of obstacles on the road under different lighting and weather conditions have also been performed there.

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  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/297/297-010.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 297, Providing Visibility and Visual Guidance to the Road User. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • van Bommel, W
• Publication Date: 1985-12

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 10-11
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 297
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Glare; Research; Street lighting; Test facilities
• Uncontrolled Terms: Research and development
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457845
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 196
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM